When comparing 8 Tracks vs Mixshake, the Slant community recommends 8 Tracks for most people. In the question“What are the best music streaming services?” 8 Tracks is ranked 15th while Mixshake is ranked 27th. The most important reason people chose 8 Tracks is:
The site is human-curated not automated. This can give a more personal feel, as each playlist on the music streaming service has been curated by a user.
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Pros
Pro Individualistic and personalized user playlists
The site is human-curated not automated. This can give a more personal feel, as each playlist on the music streaming service has been curated by a user.
Pro Great for discovering new music
Due to how the service works, listening to user created playlists allows for pretty good discovery of new or undiscovered bands.
Pro New listening experience
The music player has an ability to customize your playlist by fine-tuning music genres, while your music never stops playing or gets interrupted.
Pro Free
It's completely free.
Pro The interface is simple and easy to use
No changing between menu options.
Pro Genre based playlists created automatically
Select musical genres from a slider UI and it will create a playlist automatically.
Pro No registration required
You don't have to register for an account. You can stream music immediately.
Cons
Con Poor music streaming service outside of North America
8Tracks has changed its policy for how it supplies music to those outside of North America by not using any of their servers for those users. This change resulted in using Youtube for those users in order to still have a way to add songs to playlists. Sadly using Youtube results in many songs just disappearing and many playlists becoming defunct.
Con Advertisements in free version
Con No way to find certain songs
8 Tracks allows you to search for a playlist based on keywords, then requires you to listen to most of that playlist without skipping. As such, it's not so good for hunting down a specific song, but is great for discovering new music.
